Sale 1032 — The Nick Kirke Collection of Gem-Quality Used U.S. Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 23-24 October, 2012
Category — 1875 Re-Issue of 1861-66 Issue (Scott 102-105)
1c Blue, Re-Issue (102). Almost perfect centering with wide margins, radiant color and detailed impression on bright paper, light but clear cancel, long and full perforationsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. APPROXIMATELY 50 USED EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE.
The 1c Re-Issue was printed from a new plate of 100 subjects, compared to the original plate of 200 in two panes. 10,000 stamps were printed (100 impressions). 3,195 of the 1c were sold, by far the largest quantity of any denomination of the set. The remaining 6,805 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.
Our census of Scott 102 used, available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/102/102.pdf , records approximately 50 examples. There is a wide range of cancels found on this issue, including registry ovals, targets, circular datestamps and quartered corks. Several of the datestamps show yeardates in the 1880's, ten years after issue. The example offered here, with superior centering, is one of the finest in existence.
Census No. 102-CAN-41. Ex Hinrichs. With 2001 P.F. and 2009 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $5,100.00). Only one example has achieved this grade and only one has graded higher (at 98)
